Felix Heinimann
Felix Heinimann (born July 13, 1915 in Bennwil ; † January 28, 2006 in Basel ) was a Swiss classical philologist .
Life
Felix Heinimann, the son of a post office clerk and a teacher, attended the district school and the canton school in Aarau. After graduating from high school, he studied Classical Philology and German Studies at the University of Basel from 1934 , where he was influenced by Peter von der Mühll and Karl Meuli . During the summer semester of 1937 he studied at the Albertina with Willy Theiler . In 1943 he received his doctorate from Peter von der Mühll . His dissertation Nomos and Physis: Origin and Meaning of an Antithesis in Greek Thought of the 5th Century was first published in 1945 and had five new editions by 1987, as well as a translation into Japanese (Tokyo 1983).
After completing his doctorate, Heinimann initially worked as a vicar at the Aarau Cantonal School , and from 1946 as a permanent teacher at the Solothurn Cantonal School . In addition, he continued to pursue an academic career. In 1951 he completed his habilitation in Basel, where he also received a position at the humanistic grammar school in 1956. In 1961 he was appointed associate professor at the University of Basel (succeeding Karl Meulis), and in 1966 he was made a personal professor. His teaching description was "Classical Philology with special consideration of the history of medicine and the natural sciences in antiquity". In 1980 Heinimann retired.
Heinimann himself came out through a few publications, since he applied strict standards to his work. He edited a large edition of the collection of proverbs Adagia by Erasmus of Rotterdam (together with Emanuel Kienzle). From 1968 to 1992 he was editor of the magazine Museum Helveticum .
Publications (selection)
- Diocles of Karystus and the prophylactic letter to King Antigonus. In: Museum Helveticum. Volume 12, 1955, p. 158 ff.
- Forgotten fragments of the atticist Pausanias ?. In: Museum Helveticum. Volume 49, 1992, pp. 74-87.
literature
- Thomas Gelzer : In memory of Prof. Dr. Felix Heinimann . In: Museum Helveticum , Volume 63 (2006). Pp. 65–67 (with picture).
Web links
- Literature by and about Felix Heinimann in the catalog of the German National Library
First chair: Emanuel Linder (1819–1843) | Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger (1832–1861) | Otto Ribbeck (1861–1862) | Adolph Kießling (1862–1869) | Friedrich Nietzsche (1869–1879) | Jacob Wackernagel (1879–1902) | Ferdinand Sommer (1902–1909) | Rudolf Herzog (1909–1914) | Werner Jaeger (1914–1915) | Peter von der Mühll (1917–1952) | Bernhard Wyss (1952–1976) | Joachim Latacz (1981-2002) | Anton Bierl (since 2002).
Second chair: Franz Dorotheus Gerlach (1819–1875) | Jacob Achilles Mähly (1875–1890) | Georg Ferdinand Dümmler (1890–1896) | Erich Bethe (1897–1903) | Alfred Körte (1903–1906) | Hermann Schöne (1906–1909) | Friedrich Münzer (1909–1912) | Ernst Lommatzsch (1912–1913) | Walter F. Otto (1913–1914) | Johannes Stroux (1914–1922) | Günther Jachmann (1922–1925) | Kurt Latte (1925–1931) | Harald Fuchs (1932–1970) | Josef Delz (1970–1987) | Fritz Graf (1987–1999) | Jerzy Styka (2000-2001) | Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer (since 2002).
Third chair: Franz Misteli (1879–1898) | Max Niedermann (1911–1925) | Jacob Wackernagel (1915–1936) | Albert Debrunner (1940–1949) | Karl Meuli (1942–1961) | Felix Heinimann (1966–1980).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinimann, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bennwil |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2006 |
| Place of death | Basel |